Still Life with Sleeping Woman

Name: Still Life with Sleeping Woman
Brand: Henri Matisse
Price: 189.0 USD
Availability: InStock

1940 · oil · Henri Matisse

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Still Life with Sleeping Woman by Henri Matisse, shown at 32 × 40 in (81.3 × 101.6 cm) in Ramino Satin Black, dining — Shown at 32 × 40 in (81.3 × 101.6 cm) · Framed paper, Ramino Satin Black · Dining

Still Life with Sleeping Woman by Henri Matisse, shown at 32 × 40 in (81.3 × 101.6 cm) on canvas in Ramino Opaque White, kitchen — Shown at 32 × 40 in (81.3 × 101.6 cm) · Framed canvas, Ramino Opaque White · Kitchen

Still Life with Sleeping Woman by Henri Matisse, shown at 32 × 40 in (81.3 × 101.6 cm) as gallery-wrapped canvas, hotel guest room — Shown at 32 × 40 in (81.3 × 101.6 cm) · Gallery-wrapped canvas · Hotel guest room

Story

A woman rests with her eyes closed at a table crowded with potted plants, fruit, and small decorative objects, the whole scene rendered in green, purple, yellow, and brown tones. The arrangement, Still Life with Sleeping Woman, was painted in 1940 in oil and is held today at the National Gallery of Art, having come from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon. Its painter, Henri Matisse (1869–1954), a French artist, worked within Fauvism and also created the celebrated composition Dance. Looking closely, the clutter of foliage and objects around the sleeping figure gives the quiet pose a sense of being nearly swallowed by its surroundings, as color and pattern press in from every side of the table.